Domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence. The abuse is usually committed by a partner or ex-partner, but it can also be a family member or carer.

It is very common. In the vast majority of cases it is experienced by women and is perpetrated by men.

Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, the following:

coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)

psychological and/or emotional abuse

physical or sexual abuse

financial abuse

harassment and stalking

online or digital abuse

There is one helpline number in Derbyshire for reporting or discussing domestic abuse tel: 08000 198 668.